Biblical Mourning

Ritual and Social Dimensions

Saul M. Olyan

engages anthropological theoretical discussion - both classic and recent - on mourning and seeks to contribute to such theorizing

offers comprehensive analysis of ritual dimensions of mourning accounting for each type of mourning witnessed in the biblical text

Biblical Mourning

Ritual and Social Dimensions

Saul M. Olyan

Description

A comprehensive analysis of the ritual dimensions of biblical mourning rites, this book also seeks to illuminate mourning's social dimensions through engagement with anthropological discussion of mourning, from Hertz and van Gennep to contemporaries such as Metcalf and Huntington and Bloch and Parry.